It’s another tasty week-end at the store and its all about cheese! Come on down tomorrow Saturday to taste new varieties with our cheese monger Christian, eat a lunch of bread n’ cheese soup, an autumn apple sandwich with flavored cheese or sample a cheddar scone made with r e a l l y good cheddar. And more. Burp.
This weekend follows an incredibly action-packed anniversary week here at the store. Thank you for coming in!! We also had a tour bus of 50 here for lunch, the political event on the lawn that enjoyed Dave’s pizzas, special orders and…it’s Leaf Peeper season. To put the week into numbers:
- In my bake kitchen I went through 75 lbs of flour (one year ago it was 10 lbs per week)
- Dave made 174 sandwiches (one year ago it was around 50 per week)
WE HAVE GROWN. Thank you for supporting your local store!!
What’s new…
And the winner is…
CARAMEL APPLE Whoopie Pie!! You voted last week-end. 2nd place Pumpkin Whoopsie, 3rd place Classic Whoopie and lastly Midnight Whoopie. More in the case over the week-end.
About cheese.
I’ve written about cheese before but it bears thinking about it again. Wholesome, protein rich and versatile, it can become any meal, enhance any culinary dish and no other food has so many nuanced flavor notes.
Good cheese is like good wine. As it ages, flavor develops to coax out the unique taste molecules in the milk it was made from and stepping back even further into the pasture the animal grazed in. And, just like slow cooking helps to caramelize and weep out the internal syrupiness of your food, aging cheese brings out nutty flavors and butterscotchy flavors and veggie flavors and more. Just like wine.
This week-end will be fun to try so many different types of cheeses made from different types of milk. The flavors can be surprising but always delicious. Firm, oozing or soft, we think you will enjoy the experience. Christian will be sampling from 1 – 3 and grab some recipes while you are in.
Read more about the cheese making process in a previous blog by clicking here.
Click here to see next weeks menu of food specials.
See you round the center and enjoy this beautiful season!
Jane and Dave
Canterbury Country Store 